Record Collecting Still Thriving in the Twenty-first Century
It may surprise many to find that the hobby of record
collecting, long thought dead after the introduction of the
compact disc, is still alive and well. Granted, many music fans
have long replaced their records with CDs, but for many Baby
Boomers and Generation X-ers, the hobby of buying and collecting
record albums and singles continues to be a focal point in their
lives.
Records offer the tactile sense of a substantial
product, unlike the CD. The seven-inch, 45 RPM single often came
with a picture sleeve that has no equivalent among compact
discs. The nostalgia of records draws many back to their younger
days. And records still sound great. A recent check of the Bay
auction site showed 959,857 records for sale. That